Penholder-clip



J. KRITIKSON. PENHOLDER CLIP. ucmon FILED MAY 27, 1918 Patented May4,1920.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KRITIZKSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ILLINOIS PEN COMPANY,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER-OLIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J QIIN Knrrr rson, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented ,a certain new and useful Improvement in Penholder-Glips, of

able therewith, and which will permit of its ready attachment andremoval from the garment of the userf V The structure of the inventionherein shown contemplates ,an arrangement whereby the garment may beinterposed between the clip itself and the penholder as by being passedover an edge of .a pocket or other portion of a garment to hold the penin position. It is a further object of the invention to design a device.of this character which is extremely simple in construction, therebyreducing its cost of manufacture without resulting ina correspondingreduction in efficiency.

The invention will be described in connection with thedrawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is .a front elevation of a fountain pen cap having aclip embodying the invention applied thereto;

movement between Fig. 2 is a side elevatlon partially in section of thedevice shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the clip in another positionand Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the device. j

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings the clipgenerally designated 10 is designed to be secured to the cap of afountain pen or other similar article. The clip 10 is composed of asuitably shaped strip 12 of relatively stiif material of any suitablegage and width and is secured intermediate its ends to the cap 11 by thepin or rivet 13, which is passed through an aperture 1 in the strip 12.'This arrangement produces a pivotal connection between the cap andclip, and permits of a relative the ends of the clip and Specificationof Letters Patent.

the cap. The upper end of the clip 10 is provided with a laterallyextending projec- {tion 15 which extends through the aperture 16 intothe cap 11. The projection 1.5 has a reduced portion17, this reductionforming a shoulder 18. A coiled spring 19 is arranged upon the "reducedend of the projection and reacts between the shoulder 18 and the innerface of the cap 11 and tends to cause the end of the clip opposite tothat having the projection to engage the cap, but permits said end to bemoved from contact therewith, so that the penholder maybe readilysecured or removed from the garment of the wearer. The projection 15,aperture 16 and the. rivet 13 cooperate to hold the clip in its propervertical position.

It will be noted that the upper portion of the clip 10 normally extendsat an angle to the side wall of the cap and produces a lever of thatportion thereof which extends from the rivet 13. It will further benoted that the rivet whereby the clip 10 is secured to the cap forms thepivot of the clip. The lower portion of the strip also projectsoutwardly from the cap and thence inwardly towardthe same where itengages the outer readily be seen that when pressure is ap-' plied tothe'upperinost end of the strip the coiled spring 18'will be compressedand the strip rocked uponthe pivot formed by the rivet 13. Thiscausesthe lowermost end thereof to be moved away from the cap, causing a spacefor the reception of the garment. \Vhen the pressure is released thelowermost end of the clip will clamp the garment between it and the capand securely hold the pen holder in position.

In the modified form of structure shown in Fig. 41, the clip 19corresponds in general to the contour of the clip shown in Figs. 1 and2, only differing in that the uppermost end thereof is bent back uponitself to produce the spring end 20. The action of this structure ispractically the same as that Patented May 4, 1920.

Application f led May 27, 1918. Serial No. 236,728.

.Having thus described various embodiments of the invention, it isobvious that various other constructions of the invention may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

WVhat I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a strip ofsuitably formed material secured to a fountain pen cap, said strip beingpivotally secured between its ends to the cap, means tending to move oneend of the strip toward the cap, said means permitting said end to bemoved away from the cap and being arranged at the opposite end of thestrip, said means including a projection which extends into the cap andhaving a reduced portion, a spring arranged upon the reduced portion andreacting between the cap and the projection which extends into the cap.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a membersecured to a fountain pen cap one end of which is arranged at an angleto the opposite end and being nor- I mally spaced apart from the cap,said memher being movable'upon a member which 1s arranged in the planeof movement thereof i and arranged at the vertex of the angle of saidmember, one portion of the first mentioned member having a projectionwhich enters the cap and assists to hold said first mentioned member invertical alinement with the cap and resilient means tending to hold oneend of said first mentioned member:

away from the cap.

In a device of the class described, the combination of a strip ofsuitably formed material secured to a fountain pen cap, said strip beingpivotally secured between its ends to the cap, means tending to move oneend of the strip toward the cap, said means permitting said end to bemoved away from the cap and being arranged at the opposite end of thestrip, said means including a projection which extends into the cap anda spring reacting between the cap and the strip, said spring beingarranged in the cap andmounted upon the projection. V

4. In a fountain pen clip, the combination of a member pivotally securedto a fountain pen cap one end of which is arranged at an angle to theopposite end, said end forming a lever for moving the opposite end, thepivoted member being pivoted at the vertex of the angle upon a memberwhich passes through the pivoted member at the vertex of the angle andmeans for holding the pivoted member in alinement with the cap.

5. In a fountain pen clip the combination of a cap, a member pivoted tothe cap one end of which is arranged to form a lever whereby theopposite end may be moved, a pivot for said member, said pivot beingarranged in the plane of movement of said member, and securing saidmember with relation to the cap and yieldable means oper- I able uponthe pivoted member, whereby said member is held in operable positionwith relation to the cap. 1

6. In a fountain pen clip the combination of a pivoted member one end ofwhich is arranged at an angle to the opposite end,

said member being secured to a fountain pen cap, one end of the pivotedmember providing a lever whereby the opposite end may be moved, a pivotfor said member, said pivot being arranged in the plane of movement andat the vertex of the angle of said member, and means arranged at oneside of the pivot for holding said member in alinement with the cap.

7 In a fountain pen clip the combination of a member one end of which isarranged at an angle to the opposite end and normally spaced apart fromthe portion to which it is attached, said member being pivoted to moveupon the vertex of the angle as a pivot and being mounted upon a memberwhich is arranged in the plane of movement of and at the vertex of theangle of said member.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe JOHN vKRITIKSON.

